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Spencer Wells on Voice of America today

Posted on February 4, 2009 in Spencer Wells

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Spencer Wells answers questions submitted to Voice of America's on-line chat discussion.

Read the transcript of Spencer fielding questions from people around the world in today's Voice of America's real time web chat: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-04-Genographic-Prjoject.cfm

Namaste Bombay

Posted on January 29, 2009 in Education

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One of the competitions at the Indian Institute of Technology TechFest.

Posted by Spencer Wells.

 January 26, 2009. I'm writing this from Mumbai, still known to the locals as Bombay, where I had been invited to give a lecture on the Genographic Project at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) during their annual TechFest. This is the largest science and technology gathering in Asia, attracting an estimated 40-50,000 people over the course of its three-day, jam-packed event schedule. Organized entirely by students, it attracts participants from around the country, including six other Asian nations this year.

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Genetic Giants

Posted on December 24, 2008 in Fieldwork

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Spencer Wells on a city bus in Manila, Philippines.

Posted by Spencer Wells.

Just notched up my final trip of the year... 27 countries and dozens of places in the States.  This time it was the Philippines - my first visit, and a wonderful experience.  I'm exhausted from flight, but very pleased with the trip itself.  Incredibly geographically complex, with over 7,000 islands and 170 different languages, the Philippines sit at the apex of two key human migratory events.

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More pictures from Estonia

Posted on September 8, 2008 in Photos

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Here are some additional photos of the team together during the Genographic Project's Third Annual Scientific Conference in Tallinn, Estonia August 24-28.



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The Genographic Project held a press conference at the National Library in Tallinn featuring Spencer Wells and Ajay Royyuru, IBM, which resulted in articles in many of the major print publications and news broadcasts in the Baltics and northern Europe, in addition to a headline piece in the Observer (UK).


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Discoveries in South Africa for the Genographic Project

Posted on August 13, 2008 in Fieldwork

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A San Bushman woman in southern Africa; the San retain links to the deepest branch in the human family tree.

As the first Genographica blog post, it's appropriate that I'm posting from Africa - or 'the homeland', as those of us in the population genetics biz call call her.  For the past few days, some of our DC-based science team and myself have been visiting our sub-Saharan Africa regional center at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, headed by Professor Himla Soodyall. So far, we've had a fascinating discussion of the data that's already been generated, planning for several exciting projects to come, as well as a review of our laboratory procedures and other protocols.

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About This Blog

Posted on August 12, 2008 in about

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Faya-Largeau, Chad. November, 2005. Spencer Wells and Pierre Zalloua walk through a market with the mayor of Faya-Largeau while Pierre explains how genetics can help reveal events in human history.

Welcome to the Genographic Project's blog, Genographica!

Not yet familiar with the Genographic Project? It's a landmark, five-year study using DNA as a study tool to map how humankind populated the planet. You can check out our comprehensive Web site by clicking here.

Genographica will feature posts from all of the Genographic team, from our scientists based around the world, our teams at National Geographic and IBM plus guest posts as well. Want to get to know the people behind the posts? They are all featured in the section of our website entitled "Field Research."

I hope you'll check back often and follow along with us as our work carries on...!

Dr. Spencer Wells




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Welcome to the Genographic Project's blog, Genographica! Genographica will feature posts from all of the Genographic team, from our scientists based around the world, our teams at National Geographic and IBM plus guest posts as well. We hope you'll check back often and follow along with us as our work carries on!

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